Combination apron



Filed Feb. 27, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR MJFGIJAE 7' F51 1 rJK 7.

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July 24, 1934. M, REP|T$KY 1,967,369

COMBINATION APRON Filed Feb. 27, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR NH1767?)?57 licpl TsKY ATTORNEY 5.

Patented July 24, 1934 UNITED STATES;

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oo BINATIoNAPjRoN Margaret Repit'sky, Cleveland Heights; ohm

Application February 27,

1939; Serial No. 658,73?

N -in different =position1of relative adjustment.

9 A further object consists in devising an improved: form of. means forconveniently. and efficiently attaching the body member and panel 7member ofthei apron together.

A still further object consists in devising such awiccmbination apronwhich can be conveniently and-effectivelyconverted into a singlecompartmentfibag or a double compartment bag and'in which wth'erei may-be-utilizedzthe same means of liattachment as provided for use whenemployed as-an;apron.-

Other objects will appear from the following i specification and claimswhen-considered togather; with I the 5' accompanying drawings. 9

25.23 Fig glillustratesiin'a general way the; maniner-gofqusing the;combination apron;

Ei s2, is a -front, elevation of: the' body portion:

of the apron; I

Fig-i; 3 iscamelevation of i the panel :member; an Fig. 4=-is afrontelevation-of the combination:

Fig.5 isna front elevation ofthe same with thei-panelvmember in raisedposition of adj ustme 35515 Fig-ed issa front elevation of thesame-with: the pa-nel: member in lowered position of adjust-a ment;

Fig. ,-7 illustrates the "form of belt employed;

401-. Fig; 9=shjows in elevation the device-when converted into a singlecompartment bag;

FigaIO. is an end elevation of the samegq Fig. ll -is a view taken-online 11-11 of Fig-9;

Fig; 12 shows in'elevation the device when efiiconverted into a: doublecompartment bagf Fig; .13 "is an'end elevation of the same;

Ei'gl 14f is aview taken on line 14-14 of FigQ Figzl5 is 'apartialdetailview illustrating- The body member 1 consistsz ofz fabric,as for instancegcotton on the like; and-is :iofittapeid:

form with the-larger endl at the bottom sothat' the bcdyameniber may:bei "regarc1ed as havingfia-p portions 1a at: the two lsidesthereofi aswill-- later more clearly appear. a a

The panel member 2 -isofreg1i1an rectangular form of thesame-rheight asthe body niember and. consists ofirubbervon'rubberized material of awaterprooffinature; 9

Both the body inembenand the panel'm'em her are provided withaperturesoributtoni-holes i which? are adaptedto registerz with each otherwhen 1the panel member overlies thefbodylmem ber in the' :rnanner indicated:in Fig.1? 4. The apertures in these -two members are indicated;

by: i'efierence numeralsfi antic-4; respectively 1 divisiom betweenthewmain; part of the *bodyfifi member 1 i and ithe flap portions: :1;It is-noted= also that the apertures 3i and i in each case" are "spacedat :equall-intergvalsa fort *purposes& to"- be -later explained; a

The *means for 'attaching the panel member.

2 to-the body member -l consists of tape'tieszor tie mem'bers 5 whichare sewedeuponv-the rear" side of =thevbody= member; that is, upon =the'side" next to the: body of- 1 the user when-worn: 1 These? tiemembersare: fastened'ati their middlev-points In this manner; 'thepa'nel: memberis' effectively;

attachedfltorither bodymember and; there is pro-' ducedz'anattractivedappearanee; i 1 v As an auxiliary: means 'of attachingthepanel member-xfl'z to' the body 'member- 1,; I khaverprovided :thebutton :61 upon" one part on eachot the: tiers members, these: buttonsbe'i'ng located a sufiicient distance-from the point ofwattachmente vOfwilhe' tie? members i to; the .'body member so that: the buttons 1 maybe-extended 'thIOUgI'LTthG aper== tur'es s 3; and employed-forbut-toning): the panel member; on to -the body member in lieu-20f! thebowknots; as above %=referred tos That isi'z the buttons :may" beemployed assa l quicker fmeanssof i 165 attachment;

I Thecbeltfl fon the-iapron consists ofca itapeion other:suitable formwofe material; the entice-@013- whichi are adaptedvito be tiedrin :the:form: 10!; a: bow-with the ends or sthes'tie memberss a at the- =35 anapron.

top of the apron, as indicated in Figs. 4, 5, and 6. It is to beunderstood that the belt extends about the waist of the user. If so,desired, button-holes may be provided in the ends of the belt member 7for quicker attachment to the buttons on the uppermost tape members 5.

When it is desired to have the panel member 2 serve as a bib or means ofprotection for the upper part of the garment of the user, this .may beaccomplished by positioning the panel member 2 upon the body member 1 inthe manner indicated in Fig. 5. That is, the two lower tiers ofapertures 4 of the panel member 2 will register with the two upper tiersof apertures 3 of the body member 1 and the same means of attachingthese two members together, as heretofore explained, will be employed.The upper part of the panel member may then be fastened to the wearingapparel of the user by extending a portion of the garment through theuppermost apertures 4 of the panel member and then applying a pin to thegarment upon the outer Sidef-the panel member 2; or any other suitableform of fastening means may be employed.

' 1 Then, when it is desired to utilize the lower part of the panelmember 2 for purposes of kneeling, this may be acomplished by arrangingthe panel member upon the body member of the apron in the mannerindicated in Fig. 6, that is, the two uppertiers of apertures 4 of thepanel member will register with the two lower tiers of apertures 3' ofthe body member andjthese two members will then be attached .together inthe same manner as already explained and the belt will likewise beapplied in the same manner.

It is to be understood also thatif so desired, the panel member 2 may beomitted entirely and the body member 1 may be employed alone In thiscase, the tie members may be retained entirely, upon the rear side, thatis, the sidenext to the user, so as to be out of. sight; Likewise, whenthe panel member is employed in the adjusted positions illustrated inFigs. 5 and 6, the tie members which are not in use may be retained uponthe rear side of the body member 1 so as to remain out of sight. Or, ifdesired, the idle tie members may be pulled through their apertures andtied in bowknots sofas to correspond with the other bows, merely forpurposes of appearance.

When it is desired to employ my combination apron as a singlecompartment bag, the panel member is caused to overlie the body memberin the usual manner, as indicated in Fig. 4, and then before fasteningthe body member and panel together, they. are folded together in half soas to bring the panel member upon the inside or upon the outside of thebag, as may be de sired. In either case, theflap portions 1 are firstturned in so as to be upon the inside of-the bag when completed. Then,when the members have been folded together, they maybe se-- flapportions 1 inwardly, this fold is made substantially along the line ofthe'apertures 3 so that the. flap portions 1 will'not interfere withthetying of the tape members 5' together. These tape'tie members which arethen located upon the front and rear sides .of the bag may be extendedabout the folded edges of the fabric and thence through the apertures ofthe rubber panel and then tied together. The belt 7 of the apron may beemployed as the handle for the bag by tying the two ends of the belttogether with the tie members nearest the top of the bag.

In the form of single compartment bag illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10, therubber panel is shown upon the inside of the bag. As before explained,the reverse arrangement of bag may also be formed from the combinationapron, that is, with the rubber panel upon the outside. In this case,also, the flap portions 1 will first be folded inwardly and when theapron has been folded in half into the form of a bag, it will be securedin such condition by meansof the tie members 5 in substantially the samemanner as explained for the other form of bag. In this case, the tiemembers 5 will first be extended through the apertures 3 of the bodymember, prior to folding in the flaps l and then through the apertures 4of the panel member and finally tied together.

When it is desired to convert the combination apron into atwo-compartment bag, the body member 1 and the panel member 2 are foldedseparately in half after first having turned the flap portions 1inwardly so as to be upon the inside of the bag when completed. Then thetwo folded members land 2 are placed together and are secured togetherin such position by means of the tie members 5. As above explained, herealso the flap portions 1 are folded upon the line coresponding to thatof the apertures 3 so that the tie members 5 may readily be extendedabout the folded edges of the body member 1 and thence extended throughthe apertures 4 of the panel member. In this case also, the belt member'7 may be employed as a handle for the bag by tying the ends of the belttogether with the uppermost tie members.

It is to be understood that the manner of extending the tie membersthrough the registering' apertures and tying the ends of the sametogether may be varied according to the desire of the user, and it is tobe understood that the present invention is not limited to any onespecific manner of use of the tie members in attach ing the memberstogether.

Needless to explain, the advantage of being able to form the singlecompartment bag with the water-proof panel member upon either the insideor the outside consists in the fact that in onecase the bag may beemployed to contain a wet bathing suit or the like, while in the othercase, it may be employed to prevent the entrance of moisture from theoutside to the inside of the bag.

Likewise in the two compartment bag, one compartment may be employed tocontain wet articles without interfering with the other com partment inwhich there may be placed other articles without being exposed to theWet conditionof the articles in the water-proof compartment.

It should be explained also that the advantage of my particulararrangement of tiemembers and adjacent apertures, resides in the factthat the tie members may be sewed onto the body member of the apron andextended through the registering apertures so as to serve as a means ofattaching the panel member to the body, member in a manner equally asefficient as if the tie members were; secured upon the rubber panelitself but without the difliculty of This same practice may be followedin connection with the present device when employed as a combinationapron or when employed either as a single or double compartment bag.

Thus, I have devised a combination apron which is capable of variousadjustments when used as an apron and which is also capable of beingconverted into different forms of bags while at the same time, there maybe employed the same means of attachment throughout the various uses towhich it may be put.

This device may be constructed at a comparatively small cost and isextremely simple in its several manipulations while at the same time itis extremely efficient in the several uses for which intended.

What I claim is:

1. A combination apron comprising a main body member, a panel memberadapted to overlie the body member, said members being provided withregistering apertures equi-spaced' along the opposite marginal portionsthereof, and ties attached to one face of said body member in closeproximity to said apertures and adapted to be extended through theregistering apertures of said body and panel members and tied when thebody and panel members are in folded condition so as to thereby convertthe combination apron into a bag.

2. A combination apron comprising a main body member, a panel memberadapted to overlie the body member, said members being of equal lengthand being provided with registering apertures equi-spaced along theopposite marginal portions thereof, and ties attached to one face ofsaid body member in close proximity to said apertures and adapted tobe'extended through the registering apertures of said body and panelmembers and tied when the body and panel members are in individuallyfolded condition so as to thereby convert the combination apron into atwo-part bag.

3. A combination apron comprising a main body member of fabric, a rubberpanel member adapted to overlie said body member, said members being ofequal length and said body member having side flaps beyond the edges ofthe panel member, said members being provided with registering aperturesequi-spaced along the opposite marginal portions thereof, the aperturesin said body member being located substantially MARGARET REPITSKY.

